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The Solitude of the One

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:35:36 +0000

I was born a thousand persons; it’s a tragedy to die only One.

Who is the One? A singular figure — and a multitude. A presence — fragile and restless — born into a fragmented and disenchanted society that measures everything and forgives nothing t..

Price: $13.95

Capitalism Is Sexism

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:09:01 +0000

A bold and incisive personal manifesto on the ways sexism is used in capitalist systems to exploit women, using algorithms that pressure them into spending money on a distorted ideal of beauty, motherhood, and success.

The age-old pressure to focus on either a career or bui..

Price: $18.00

The American Stoic (A Handbook of Wisdom from Athens to Los Angeles)

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:35:41 +0000

Why read the ancient Greeks and Stoics in a noisy, fractured world? Because their questions are still ours today. You will find this answer in The American Stoic: the same questions about justice, courage, freedom, and the good life that the ancients asked are now ours to answer.

The..

Price: $30.00

The Coronation (Essays from the Covid Moment)

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:13:34 +0000

"There are moments in our history in which the art of the written word captures the extraordinary beauty of the human condition as it hangs suspended in tenuous polarity at a tipping point of evolution. The Coronation is one of these moments."—Zach Bush, MD

Controversy and ..
Price: $19.95

Eros dulce y amargo / Eros the Bittersweet: an Essay (Spanish Edition)

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 02:34:10 +0000

Premio Nobel de Literatura 2026.

La gran meditación sobre el amor, el deseo y los celos, de la autora de La belleza del marido.

«Leería cualquier cosa que Anne Carson escribiera.» —Susan Sontag

«Una escritora deslumbrante.» —Harold Bloom

¿Cómo nos enamoram..
Price: $21.95

Introducción a la filosofía (Serie ENDEBATE) / Introduction to Philosophy (ENDEBATE Series) (Spanish Edition)

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 01:04:43 +0000

Coming Soon..
Price: $14.95

Speculations on the Question: What Is Housing?

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:20:40 +0000

This book consists of a single essay that speculates on the question what is housing?, and its opposite question, what is not housing?
Price: $110.99

Sceptical Essays

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:05:35 +0000

In this revolutionary book, never out of print since its first publication in 1928, Russell guides us through the key philosophical issues that affect our daily life
Price: $280.00

Russell's Best

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:03:23 +0000

First published in 1981. This collection includes a careful selection of some of the wittiest and most pungent of Russell's writings, that are instructive and delightful, both for the philosopher and the layman. The reader will gain an appreciation of the serious thought and keen humour of Russell..
Price: $189.99

Religion, Materialism and Ecology

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:48:06 +0000

This volume by leading international scholars across religious studies and the environmental humanities advances a discussion on materialism in its many forms. For postgraduate students, researchers and scholars in religious studies, cultural anthropology, literary studies, philosophy and envir..
Price: $233.99